set steady pace, pushed along 6th, reminders next, ridden approaching 2 out, headed between last 2, switched right approaching last, rallied to lead again flat
held up, mistake 3rd, headway 3 out, ridden to chase leaders next, kept on same pace
chased winner, outpaced when hit 3 out, soon ridden and weakened, behind when pulled up before next
held up, headway 7th, hit 3 out, when 2nd before next, led between last 2, soon ridden, headed and no extra flat
raced keenly, held up, mistake 4th, lost touch after 7th, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out
chased leaders, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, soon beaten
A small field but a competitive one line up for this seller which looks to be in the grasp of North Landing with Sheer Guts, Alpha Juliet and Sylvie d'Orthe worthy of mention. A winner when last seen out in August 2004 at Bangor North Landing has obviously had his problems since but has run well fresh before and connections haven¿t aimed the horse too highly first time out. If reproducing his form he will take some beating. Sheer Guts carries top weight for his two wins this season at Fontwell and Market Rasen. His ability is limited as he has been tried against better company in the past without success. He is worth keeping an eye on in this grade though. As is Alpha Juliet and Sylvie d'Orthe who both drop in grade here and are more than capable of performing well if in the right frame of mind. But for the winner we return to North Landing.
Sheer Guts (IRE) 12-1 (10-11) Chased leaders to 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off from next, 13th of 17, well behind Wild Is The Wind (11-10) at Carlisle 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (D) hvy in Oct.
North Landing (IRE) 12-1 (10-6) Held up, headway 7th, led approaching 2 out, ridden approaching last, ran on, won at Bangor 2m 4f amt hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd in Aug '04 beating Al Mabrook (11-0) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Washington Pink (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Tobesure (11-4) at Kelso 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-100 (F) gs in Oct, 14 ran.
Alpha Juliet (IRE) 9-2 (10-10) Held up, headway 4th, chased leaders 4 out, ridden next, weakened 2 out, 4th of 8, 30l behind Red Perk (11-0) at Wetherby 2m 7f cnd nov hcp hdl (E) sft in Oct.
Giveasummerdance (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, ran out and unseated rider approaching 5 out ran out at the 4th in race won by Young Elodie (10-11) at Galway 2m hdl gf in Jul, 10 ran.
Sylvie d'Orthe (FR) 33-1 (10-2) Towards rear, headway approaching 8th, ridden after next, soon weakened, 7th of 17, 19l behind Mags Two (10-1) at Huntingdon 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-90 (F) gf in Sept.
